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Of course, but in the world of political posting, regardless of the assertion, there will be those who will deny any source provided, so I don't bother.
However, I DO demand that assertions of a slanderous nature against someone made by a public official demands that the proof of the assertion is provided, or that person should be subjected to civil penalties, possibly even removal from office.
Heres the thing.
Lets say FoxNews posts a stat from the CBO. ( because we all like to use the CBO as an example lately ) Just because the link is FoxNews does not make it an unreliable link, the NUMBERS come from elsewhere.
On the other hand, if Huffington Post is quoting a far Left Blogger who is the ONLY source of the material or is misrepresenting the material, then we should dispute that.
At least thats my opinion.
Good analogy. I frequently quote from Huffpo, even though I am much futher right than they are editorially, because I felt their source was a reliable source. And Huffpo gets a lot of stuff right.
And I confess to avoiding using Fox as a source as much as possible just because I kknow some will focus on the source regardless of who their source is or how competent the reporting.
But I will object to leftwing or rightwing hate sites or highly biased propaganda site as reliable sources every single time.
Fox!
Ok a PM is coming we have to clarify something.